masterfast
masterfast adjective: bound to a master.
Adjective
masterfast (comparative more masterfast, superlative most masterfast)
- Bound to a master
- I will not make me masterfast with my Lord of Norfolk nor with none other till I speak with you; and ye think it be to be done get me a master.1841, John Fenn, Paston Letters, page 42
- Two gentlemen claimed they could get no justice at the Northampton assizes against Empson's steward John Seyton, who was 'greatly masterfast and friended in the said court' through Empson's 'supportation and assurance', […]2016, Steven J. Gunn, Henry VII's New Men and the Making of Tudor England, page 175
Forms of masterfast
| comparative | more masterfast |
|---|---|
| superlative | most masterfast |
Origin of masterfast
From Middle English masterfast, mastyrfast, equivalent to master + fast.
Questions about masterfast
- What does masterfast mean?
- Masterfast means bound to a master.
- What part of speech is masterfast?
- Masterfast is an adjective.
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